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AMICO Press Release
July 13, 2000
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Joins the Art Museum Image
Consortium
as Its Newest Member
AMICO Headquarters=3B Pittsburgh, PA
The Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) is pleased to welcome the
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute to our growing Consortium. The =
Clark
Art Institute, located in Williamstown, MA, is a one of a select group of
institutions in the United States that combines a public art museum with a
separate series of research and academic programs, supported by a major art
history library. As such, the Clark Art Institute functions as an
international center for research and discussion on art. =93The fact that =
the
Clark Art Institute can be an avid user, as well as a contributor to the =
AMICO
Library is very exciting for us,=94 states Jennifer Trant, Executive =
Director of
AMICO. =93We hope to use this dual relationship to our advantage, learning =
from
the Clark about how to better support user needs, since access to the AMICO
Library is a major benefit of Consortium membership.=94
The Clark Art Institute holds a fine collection of French Impressionist
paintings, has a variety of other European masterworks ranging from the
Renaissance to the 19th century, and includes a strong representation of =
works
by such American artists as Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent. Also, =
the
Clark Art Institute is recognized for its decorative arts holdings and array=
of
Old Master and 19th-century prints, drawings, and photographs.
The AMICO Library makes multimedia documentation of artworks from the
collections of leading museums across North America available to =
universities,
colleges, schools, and public libraries. The 2000-2001 edition of the AMICO
Library documents over 65,000 different works of art, from prehistoric =
goddess
figures to contemporary installations. More than simply an image database,
works in the AMICO Library are fully documented and may also include =
curatorial
text about the artwork, detailed provenance information, multiple views of =
the
work itself, and other related multimedia. As Jennifer Trant, AMICO =
Executive
Director, notes, =93subscribers find the AMICO Library of interest because =
it
combines the immediacy and accessibility of the Web with the persistence and
academic weight of traditional library reference sources.=94
The AMICO Library is accessible over secure networks to =
institutional
subscribers, including universities, colleges, libraries, schools, and
museums. Designated users can include faculty, students, teachers, staff, =
and
researchers. Educational institutions may subscribe to the AMICO Library by
contacting one of its distributors. These include the Research Libraries =
Group
(RLG) and the Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK). A =
subscription
to the AMICO Library provides a one-year license to use works from the =
compiled
AMICO Library for a broad range of educational purposes. Interested
subscribers may preview a Thumbnail Catalog of all works in the AMICO =
Library
and get further information at http://www.amico.org.
The AMICO Library is a product of the Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO), =
an
independent non-profit corporation, with 501 (c) 3 designation from the IRS.
The Consortium is today made up of over 30 major museums in the United =
States
and Canada. It=92s an innovative collaboration not seen before in museums =
that
shares, shapes, and standardizes digital information regarding museum
collections and enables its educational use.
Current AMICO Members
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Institute of Chicago
Asia Society Gallery
Center for Creative Photography
Sterling =26 Francine Clark Art Institute
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College
Denver Art Museum
Detroit Institute of Arts
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Frick Collection and Art Reference Library
George Eastman House
J. Paul Getty Museum
The Library of Congress
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Mus=E9e d'art contemporain de Montr=E9al
Museum of the Americas Foundation
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Gallery of Canada
Philadelphia Museum of Art
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Jose Museum of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Walker Art Center
Whitney Museum of American Art
Contact Information:
AMICO
Jennifer Trant, Executive Director
Art Museum Image Consortium Phone (412) 422 8533
2008 Murray Avenue, Suite D Fax (412) 422 8594
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Email: jtrant=40amico.org
http://www.amico.org
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Kelly Richmond
Communications Director
Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO)
2008 Murray Ave, Suite D
Pittsburgh, PA 15217 USA
phone: +1 412 422 8533
fax: +1 412 422 8594
http://www.amico.org
kelly=40amico.org
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